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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: at the upper rim [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07432ATA

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located on the A132, about 11 km SE of Vitoria

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1994: 112) as a medieval baptismal font: the basin is but for a roll moulding at the upper rim; the base has a cocave profile. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994